Hunter Lorelli will take up his bassoon with the City of Fairfax Band as the winner of the group’s Young Artist Competition. The West Springfield High School senior is currently the principal bassoonist with the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and was a finalist for the Army and Navy Band Young Artist Concerto competitions this year.
Lorelli’s feature performance with the band will be on a Charles T. Yeago transcription of Mozart’s Concerto in B Flat Major. The May 16 concert titled “Song and Dance” also includes music from “Fiddler on the Roof” and works from John Philip Sousa, Ira Hearshen, Frank Ticheli, John P. Zdechlik and Robert Russell Bennett.
“Song and Dance” takes place at 7:30 p.m. at WT Woodson High School, 9525 Main Street in Fairfax. Tickets are available at www.fairfaxband.org.